Was ABC's Mixology Hard to Swallow?

In ABC’s new comedy Mixology, which popped open its bottles Wednesday nigh, 10 single bargoers are looking for love (or something like that) over the course of one night, all with the help of their friends — and, of course, some liquid confidence. But did the premiere leave you thirsty for more, or should closing time come early?

The pilot introduces Tom (Blake Lee, Parks and Recreation), the first single looking for love with the help of his best friends, serial-monogamist Cal (Craig Frank, A Good Knight’s Quest) and brutally honest Bruce (Andrew Santino, Punk’d). Cal and Bruce throw Tom back into the dating pool after his fiancée dumps him due to his beaver-like face. Ouch!

After Cal royally screws up a TV reference (he needs to binge watch Sex and the City and Friends ASAP) and Bruce dishes out some promising advice (“The higher the heels, the looser she feels,” groan), Tom decides to approach Maya (Ginger Gonzaga, Legit).

Raised as the son her father never had, Maya works at a sports law firm, dated Keyshawn Johnson (among other athletes) and is evidently not a very nice lady, calling Tom a “sniveling little bitch” after his cringe-worthy attempt at hitting on her. It turns out women don’t love when men reminisce about jean shopping with an ex. (Crazy, right?) There is, however, a heart in there somewhere — deep, deep down — as Maya eventually gives in to Tom’s innocent charm.

The Mixology pilot mainly focuses on Tom and Maya, but also looking for a good time is Jessica (Alexis Carra, Bones), a single mother from New Jersey. After meeting online and exchanging some very personal pictures, Jessica goes to meet Ron (Adam Campbell, Touch), a failed Internet entrepreneur who clearly can’t hold down his liquor — with Jessica’s red clutch purse taking the hit.

And then there’s Kacey (Vanessa Lengies, Glee), a bubbly cocktail waitress and one of the many ladies involved with the irresistible head bartender Dominic (Adan Canto, The Following). She briefly ends things with him, but quickly makes out up with him in the back room.

Mixology serves up some knowing laughs and provides an array of physically attractive if morally compromised characters, offering up amusing-ish back-stories to go with them. But where will the show go once the 10 characters have met, mingled and moved on? One night can only last… well, one night.

Now let’s hear what you have to say. Did Mixology leave you wanting more? Grade Mixology via the poll below, then hit the comments to back up your choice.

Yeah but the only problem with that is it leaves out Suburgatory which is good enough that it deserves a spot. So they have to either cancel something or find another sitcom to pair something with on another night. Back in the Game was funny. It’s too bad they cancelled that instead of Super Fun Night. Mixology is DOA.

I can’t believe ABC squandered the Modern Family lead in on this garbage and Super Fun Night when they had potential hits like Goldbergs and Trophy Wife that could have flourished had they been scheduled appropriately. I look for Paul Lee to be canceled relatively soon.

Both Super Fun Night and Mixology are two of the worst new sitcoms on ABC this season. I wouldn’t mind that if Suburgatory gets renewed for another season, it should go back to have a Modern Family lead-in and not have a lead-in with The Middle.

Didn’t watch, haven’t watched any comedies since The New Normal was on last season. Comedies are starting to die out.

CTV (Canadian network) bumped The Tomorrow People to their secondary channel, CTVTwo for this crap and now I can’t watch it. My cable subscriber doesn’t get CTVTwo and the person whose name the cable in doesn’t have the CW.

If this bombs the Goldbergs is a sure renewal even without moving after Modern Family. The Middle, Last Man Standing, MF and probably Suburgatory (for midseason) will be renewed and 5 new comedies picked up.

It wasn’t great, but then most of the comedy on TV now (all CBS comedies, The Middle, Suburgatory) aren’t that great. Even Modern Family isn’t as funny as it used to be, though it is better than most comedies on now.

The commercials turned me off. I too only stayed for a line or two. Not a single relatable character from what I saw and yes it could be determined in only a minute for that is how shallow this show runs. Happy endings was much better than this pathetic piece of marketing trash.

Keep in mind that pilots/first episodes aren’t usually good. Seinfeld was almost cancelled. I thought it was really good. Not great but really good. I saw so much potential for future episodes. I really liked the feel of a real bar instead of a set.

ABC previewed the first 2 episodes on their Watch ABC App, Took advantage of it and “sat” through both.Characters are shallow and always horny. This is from the guys who wrote Hangover which may explain a lot. It’s basically Hangover for the small screen.